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let us celebrate. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, i officially declare this to be asian pacific heritage month in san francisco and the state of california. welcome. [applause] >> i am going to make one correction. he said president obama is the first african-american president. president obama crew up in hawaii. -- grew up in hawaii. it makes him an honorary asian- american. he is the first asian-american president as well. tonight's events would not be possible without our community partners. a group that helped make all this happened, i am going to read them all. the asian business alliance, asian law alliance, the asian pacific american leadership institute, chinese-american cultural association, chinese american political association, citizens for better community, culture to culture, why in the chamber of commerce of northern care of -- kawai and chamber of commerce of northern california, northern california chinese athletic association, national association of american profes
let us celebrate. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, i officially declare this to be asian pacific heritage month in san francisco and the state of california. welcome. [applause] >> i am going to make one correction. he said president obama is the first african-american president. president obama crew up in hawaii. -- grew up in hawaii. it makes him an honorary asian- american. he is the first asian-american president as well. tonight's events would not be possible...
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quick net also participated with us, allowed us to be able to have civil social interaction with the military and have us be able to interchange with them and knowing what type of response we had. intelligence carry on program and deployable joint command and control are two of the systems that were used by the military to collect information and organize it appropriately so that we were able to respond and interact with the civilian agencies. so for the take aways, it provided us an opportunity for real exchange and interaction. the military has a lot of capability and sometimes we don't always know how best to modify that in an appropriate response and being able to get together and practice the situation allowed us to understand each other better. the lessons learned: throughout the exercise a lot of lessons learned were gains and we're taking those lessons and applying them to real processes where we have interchange and response. 18 months of planning allowed us certain benefits as well. we were able to look at the capabilities that each other brought to the table in these type
quick net also participated with us, allowed us to be able to have civil social interaction with the military and have us be able to interchange with them and knowing what type of response we had. intelligence carry on program and deployable joint command and control are two of the systems that were used by the military to collect information and organize it appropriately so that we were able to respond and interact with the civilian agencies. so for the take aways, it provided us an...
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we talked about the acronyms each one of us uses. so, we had a real-world -- a real-live exercise that validated some of the things we talk about this morning. but it was extremely beneficial to not only the u.s. navy and marine corps, but to the international community. >> thank you. another hand? >> [inaudible] my experience with the haiti response. in this casey i was working at the deputy principal committee level and working at the white house. but it was really the first opportunity for this administration to work with a very complex response, and then recognizing for us the supported commander was usaid that normally isn't in the emergency response business. so, it was an educational process of how to move forces and yet support usaid and the role of the country team and port au prince. so, it was very informative there. and to back up when we had the first no fooling hurricane that worked its way up the entire gulf coast, the principal committee calls that were generated during the haiti response were then turned around and t
we talked about the acronyms each one of us uses. so, we had a real-world -- a real-live exercise that validated some of the things we talk about this morning. but it was extremely beneficial to not only the u.s. navy and marine corps, but to the international community. >> thank you. another hand? >> [inaudible] my experience with the haiti response. in this casey i was working at the deputy principal committee level and working at the white house. but it was really the first...
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that's why i use a pressure cooker. use a pressure cooker to prevent the boiling. that will prevent the cooling, and that will allow you to get more heat, more internal energy in your water and cook your food faster. that's what it's all about. because more pressure-- let's look at that. here's regular boiling. let's not look at pressure cooker yet. i won't put the lid on, okay? this is just regular boiling. let's use-- what's the temperature at which water boils, gang? 100 degree celsius. is it 100 degree celsius? is that right? let's suppose we get to 98 degrees celsius. now the water molecule in there, they're going a lot faster than they were at 78 or like that. isn't that true? okay, now, they're 98. now, those water molecules are all banging around in there. a little group of them says, "hey, gang, let's cut out, "let's form a little bubble. "let's be buoyed to the top, and let's cut out. let's steam it out right now." and so what they do is they form a little bubble here. and you know what happens when they form that little bubble? 30 kilometers of air, hone
that's why i use a pressure cooker. use a pressure cooker to prevent the boiling. that will prevent the cooling, and that will allow you to get more heat, more internal energy in your water and cook your food faster. that's what it's all about. because more pressure-- let's look at that. here's regular boiling. let's not look at pressure cooker yet. i won't put the lid on, okay? this is just regular boiling. let's use-- what's the temperature at which water boils, gang? 100 degree celsius. is...
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a little bit gf news, stay with us. back with more2x, >>> the national transportation safety board is now recommending that all states require ignition interlock devices for convicted drunk drivers including first time offenders and says devices are the best available solution to reduce drunk driving deaths. the reent study says 69% of the wrong way drivers have blood alcohol level as above legal limit. the device is like a breathalyzer, driver must blow night before the vehicle will start. >> also a boston company created a material changing color when(,asç comes into contact with a spiked drink. they hope it will create a set of products with a goal of reducing date rape. date rape drugs including ghb tasteless. has a hard time finding people to fill positions in his restaurant. he's looking for workers. the owner says he was shocked at lack of people who attended his job fair. he shared his story this morning, he did see more applicants. the restaurant has 120 positions to fill. >> yesterday we filled about 20. and
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it was a fuel that no one likes to use. you use up resources, water and government subsidizes all sorts of farms, and that is a winner right? you think we would have a huge food stamp program because of poverty? this time we saw the completion of the most successful government intervention i've seen, the rescue of aig. aig guaranteed a gigantic amount of debt. second, aig guaranteed the success and trades it back to firms like goldman sachs. although they probably denied that. who cares about goldman right? everyone should have cared. if we took out the banking system we would be in the thick of the great succession. simply because the government let aig go under. now the government has reaped the $22.7 billion profit for its effort. it was well, it turned out to be a savvy investment. the congressman pretended he didn't hear it. i mean, whatever happens to get you elected into a higher office. and then he seemed to attack me for being pro the government with aig. i want to thank two people who made sure the government took
it was a fuel that no one likes to use. you use up resources, water and government subsidizes all sorts of farms, and that is a winner right? you think we would have a huge food stamp program because of poverty? this time we saw the completion of the most successful government intervention i've seen, the rescue of aig. aig guaranteed a gigantic amount of debt. second, aig guaranteed the success and trades it back to firms like goldman sachs. although they probably denied that. who cares about...
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none of us get votes. the only way you can say conservatives losing is in the sense that the republican party is afraid to use it. >> in the spotlight tonight, how did it all go so wrong for the republican party? republican national committee chair reince priebus has launched the so called growth and opportunity process to ask that very question. five republicans will chair the project. only one of which you've probably heard of. former george w. bush press secretary arifleicher. they accuse pollsters of underestimating the romney vote in a bid to secure an obama victory in november. after learning about the project, "washington post" conservative columnist jennifer reuben called you can almost hear the cries objecting to any substantive policy changes on immigration or gay marriage and see the eye rolling from grizzled veterans who think it is beneath the dignity of the republicans to feel your pain. if the party does nothing there is every reason to believe it will keep losing elections mpl here's what k
none of us get votes. the only way you can say conservatives losing is in the sense that the republican party is afraid to use it. >> in the spotlight tonight, how did it all go so wrong for the republican party? republican national committee chair reince priebus has launched the so called growth and opportunity process to ask that very question. five republicans will chair the project. only one of which you've probably heard of. former george w. bush press secretary arifleicher. they...
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they don't say, well, the whole idea of trying to cure cancer is used to guide us, but a waste of money. the government should be involved in the. unfortunately, there are times when people evaluate investments that help our poorest children, the people in the toughest, most disadvantaged neighborhoods, some of our most intractable problems even with, for example, young people rescued from trafficking. these are very, very difficult problems. and we should evaluate and see what works. but we should also insist again there's not a double standard, so that if an evaluation, single evaluation or even a couple of evaluations somehow show that a particular strategy is not worth well, that is a motivation to do things better and smarter, not an excuse or reason to say government has no business being involved in that endeavor. so i think we need to be more change, accountability, evaluation, but not a tougher, higher double standard just when it comes to young people from the most disadvantaged and troubled environment. so there is so much to talk about in the innovation area. let me just men
they don't say, well, the whole idea of trying to cure cancer is used to guide us, but a waste of money. the government should be involved in the. unfortunately, there are times when people evaluate investments that help our poorest children, the people in the toughest, most disadvantaged neighborhoods, some of our most intractable problems even with, for example, young people rescued from trafficking. these are very, very difficult problems. and we should evaluate and see what works. but we...
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should it would be right for us to supply word with what you call a g.'s in universities that are working differently or regions certain the cooperate in your particular go with the larger companies and there are enough people who are engaged it will scientific research can do great shoots work in their region have to be rich. in that spec you have the move now to the. cools little that should not be very bad it would go in and trans should receive scholarships have been nowhere but we should support such schools we can then theatre when you put in my youth and businesses should also participated financing that you took at the site universities selected from the before must be this will be put in there to practice where we can say we spend a lot of funds to you became is better prepare to educate a lot of college students in moscow and saying leaders were yes they said then they'd look at in their work in a field of the major did there were even the phrase what we need to consider but give where we should set up certain of businesses and we were businesse
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we are delighted to have her back to talk to us, or with us today. ambassador burt is currently now the managing director, where he led the firm's work in europe and eurasia since 2007. but prior to this, ambassador burt was the u.s. ambassador to the federal republic of germany from 85-89, and before that worked in the state department as assistant secretary of state for european and canadian affairs and 83-85. and before that was the direct of political military affairs in the department of state. so he, along with his colleagues, has a long and eminent involvement of these issues but and finally last but not least, ambassador matlock, known to many of us, career ambassador, he's been holding a series of academic posts. i'm not going to list them all, since 1981, 91, excuse me. but during his 35 years in the american foreign service, 1956-91, he served as ambassador to the soviet union from 1987-1991, a special assistant to the president for national security affairs, and senior director for european and soviet affairs on the national security staf
we are delighted to have her back to talk to us, or with us today. ambassador burt is currently now the managing director, where he led the firm's work in europe and eurasia since 2007. but prior to this, ambassador burt was the u.s. ambassador to the federal republic of germany from 85-89, and before that worked in the state department as assistant secretary of state for european and canadian affairs and 83-85. and before that was the direct of political military affairs in the department of...
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has continued talks on the budget right now much as you can see investors seem rather on convincing us that one basis point. and a new life begins for us is a lot of causes or not the son has signed to do a vast ross technomage is corporations take control of the russian call micah the companies are creating a joint venture where we're not the sound will get. fifty is that one said by twenty fourteen while providing another seven hundred fifty made dollars of investments all teased me to my bank and caught up with had i not the son assaulted by asking how much money the conglomerate's has already spent on the troubled person brown's. direct investment is going to be at these two billion dollars so for at least two billion dollars i'm counting on the direct without the direct there's going to continue is going to continue and frankly for an only son makes a lot of sense you know what we need to understand here is he really win when strategy between up to was from one side bernie son from the other side and russia from a third side obviously every government is interested in to promoting
has continued talks on the budget right now much as you can see investors seem rather on convincing us that one basis point. and a new life begins for us is a lot of causes or not the son has signed to do a vast ross technomage is corporations take control of the russian call micah the companies are creating a joint venture where we're not the sound will get. fifty is that one said by twenty fourteen while providing another seven hundred fifty made dollars of investments all teased me to my...
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dollar and the year i mean while the euro continues to gain against the us dollar now hitting a six day high meanwhile european stocks managed to maintain the three week rally that has investors but the u.s. federal reserve well on real a new round of bond buying in a bid to support the economy u.s. stocks are rising that some of the constant speculation that the federal reserve will expand stimulus measures and as well mike is also continue talks on the budget to. a new life begins for russia's laws a cause has run on the somme has signed a deal with after vast ross technologies corporation to take over the russian call micah the companies are creating a joint venture whether or not the sun will get fifty percent plus one share by twenty forty while providing another seven hundred fifty million dollars of investment to make sure member danko course. the head of or not dishonest sponsor by asking how much money they can call much has already spent only troubled person brown its direct investment is going to be at these two billion dollars so far at least two billion dollars i'm coun
dollar and the year i mean while the euro continues to gain against the us dollar now hitting a six day high meanwhile european stocks managed to maintain the three week rally that has investors but the u.s. federal reserve well on real a new round of bond buying in a bid to support the economy u.s. stocks are rising that some of the constant speculation that the federal reserve will expand stimulus measures and as well mike is also continue talks on the budget to. a new life begins for...
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back in cairo for us. martha: investigators are now searching a locked-down oregon mall after that deadly shooting at the height of the holiday season. authorities have promised that they will release the shooter's name. we were told that a little while ago on "america's newsroom." that will come out about an our away. we are live with the latest. (announcer) when subaru owners look in the mirror, they see more than themselves. so we celebrate our year-end with the "share the love" event. get a great deal on a new subaru and 250 dollars goes to your choice of five charities. by the end of this, our fifth year, our total can reach almost 25 million dollars. it's a nice reflection on us all. now through january 2nd. get 0% apr financing for 36 months on a 2013 subaru forester and we'll donate 250 dollars to your choice of 5 charities. . .. ♪ [ male announcer ] with free package pickup from the u.s. postal service the holidays are easy. visit usps.com. pay, print, and have it picked up for free before decem
back in cairo for us. martha: investigators are now searching a locked-down oregon mall after that deadly shooting at the height of the holiday season. authorities have promised that they will release the shooter's name. we were told that a little while ago on "america's newsroom." that will come out about an our away. we are live with the latest. (announcer) when subaru owners look in the mirror, they see more than themselves. so we celebrate our year-end with the "share the...
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don't get you give breast of all the news twenty four seven from us at r.t. dot com no buses in the united states may no longer be a place for private conversation that's according to the news website the daily which claims it's got evidence showing public transport is being equipped with ordeal recording devices the multibillion dollar upgrades to boost passenger security apparently and is reportedly already under way in several u.s. cities the man who broke the news michael brick told us the new technology sparks all kinds of privacy concerns though. privacy experts have different concerns that that when went with other sorts of technologies that they were all familiar with and some of their in development such as racial recognition software g.p.s. devices and a number of other technologies on the market already are coming to market that this can lead us down to. one step closer to tracking individual privacy law experts i spoke to said that this is. a different dimension it's one thing to be able to see someone moving around it's a different thing to be ab
don't get you give breast of all the news twenty four seven from us at r.t. dot com no buses in the united states may no longer be a place for private conversation that's according to the news website the daily which claims it's got evidence showing public transport is being equipped with ordeal recording devices the multibillion dollar upgrades to boost passenger security apparently and is reportedly already under way in several u.s. cities the man who broke the news michael brick told us the...
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syrian rebels say they will stop at nothing to defeat us. some of them are so proud of their deeds that they post them on the web including the execution of prisoners. or having a child behead a man who was presumably an ocelot supporter atrocities are committed on all fronts during syria's bloody civil war according to many accounts on the ground groups that do most of the fighting on behalf of the rebels dr towie come meet was a member of a jihadi spoken his asian twenty five years ago he later became a vocal opponent of radical islam the jihadists have no problem to behead people alive you deal with people like bin ladin and they're all because of al qaida who have no his e.t.a. shin to use any form of whip around to to really. control any place. religious believes an ideology representatives of opposition fighters came together in turkey last friday to form a unified command with the support of the so-called friends of syria including the gulf states the u.s. the u.k. and friends one of the delegates at the meeting says two thirds of the
syrian rebels say they will stop at nothing to defeat us. some of them are so proud of their deeds that they post them on the web including the execution of prisoners. or having a child behead a man who was presumably an ocelot supporter atrocities are committed on all fronts during syria's bloody civil war according to many accounts on the ground groups that do most of the fighting on behalf of the rebels dr towie come meet was a member of a jihadi spoken his asian twenty five years ago he...
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these are causing us to have. less shorts and the north koreans have been willing to turn on all their nations have certainly russia not relations. i've been involved in the six party talks japan south korea the united states are less willing to engage in talks when these things happen but what the un said was not only don't use ballistic missile technology it said we must have a commitment to a peaceful diplomatic and political solution to the situation there i am afraid that the united states is going to step back talk less isolate more the military base that the united states can bring merrily south korea's building on jesuit island in an effort to create a ring around china perhaps so to deal with north korea are all setbacks to peace what's necessary i think at this point in time is what is to step back from the process and the outside countries the other countries around the world must say wait a minute a peaceful china south korea north korea japan has a region will have a huge impact on world east and i th
these are causing us to have. less shorts and the north koreans have been willing to turn on all their nations have certainly russia not relations. i've been involved in the six party talks japan south korea the united states are less willing to engage in talks when these things happen but what the un said was not only don't use ballistic missile technology it said we must have a commitment to a peaceful diplomatic and political solution to the situation there i am afraid that the united states...
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it ain't just us talking. today's selloff after a nice move off caused first by corporate news, buy backs, decent earnings, then the initial word about how the fed's going to keep rates low shows you it may be finally dawning on people that there might not be a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. all thousand i did hear quite encouraging some of the guys were saying no vacation legislation. they're getting that part of the game plan. after a week's worth of rally in part driven by hopes that the deal could be made. who can blame people for taking profits when the fed chief takes action spurred in mind because the man who invented the fiscal cliff seems to think the odds are high here we're going of it. there's always a constituency unhappy at any bold action. we heard the fed's actions were reckless, feckless, irresponsibility. other concerns that things might be far worse than we think. the fed has given up on any chance that our leaders will rise above this morass. i think bernanke is the only grown up in the wh
it ain't just us talking. today's selloff after a nice move off caused first by corporate news, buy backs, decent earnings, then the initial word about how the fed's going to keep rates low shows you it may be finally dawning on people that there might not be a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. all thousand i did hear quite encouraging some of the guys were saying no vacation legislation. they're getting that part of the game plan. after a week's worth of rally in part driven by hopes that the...
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mohamed el-erian joins us. he's the c.e.o. of pimco. >> tom: still head, british bank hsbc agrees to pay a record fine for laundering mexico drug money. >> susie: it's a major hit to organized labor-- michigan approved legislation today that would greatly limit labor rights. protestors swarmed the state capital as lawmakers passed a bill prohibiting unions from requiring employees to join and pay dues. the move would make michigan, one of the most union-friendly states, the 24th "right to work" state, where union dues are voluntary. >> tom: more bumpy skies for boeing's 787 dreamliner. boeing's much anticipated and high-profile plane was grounded last week, according to "the new york times." the federal aviation administration also has ordered that fuel line connectors on all 787s be inspected. analysts call these problems minor hiccups. but as sylvia hall reports, the dreamliner's profitability to boeing right now is raising bigger concerns. >> reporter: boeing's 787 dreamliner promises to use about 20% less fuel than other p
mohamed el-erian joins us. he's the c.e.o. of pimco. >> tom: still head, british bank hsbc agrees to pay a record fine for laundering mexico drug money. >> susie: it's a major hit to organized labor-- michigan approved legislation today that would greatly limit labor rights. protestors swarmed the state capital as lawmakers passed a bill prohibiting unions from requiring employees to join and pay dues. the move would make michigan, one of the most union-friendly states, the 24th...
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he joins us now to make his case. >> welcome, sir. >> thank you very much for joining us. tell us in your own words what you're most fearing here >> you know what? we've got this r & d tax credit that has not been renewed, hitting our bottom line by 2%, 2.5%. think about it. these are high-paying jobs that we hire. it was just announced that china surpassed the u.s. in patent applications just last year. the r & d tax credit goes to hiring and expanding our r & d research. that and obama care, obama care just hit us by 19.5%. our medical costs are going up next year by 19.5%. so what can we do? we'll have to adjust our costs and get them in line. we compete in the worldwide economy, and our costs are going up. >> how much did that loss of the r & d tax credit cost your company as well? >> it cost us about 2.5%, 2% on the bottom line. >> and if the r & d tax credit does not come back, how many people might you have to let go next year? >> so what we have is we've got the 2%, 2.5% that we lost in the bottom line and obama care hitting us by 19.5%. our costs are going to go u
he joins us now to make his case. >> welcome, sir. >> thank you very much for joining us. tell us in your own words what you're most fearing here >> you know what? we've got this r & d tax credit that has not been renewed, hitting our bottom line by 2%, 2.5%. think about it. these are high-paying jobs that we hire. it was just announced that china surpassed the u.s. in patent applications just last year. the r & d tax credit goes to hiring and expanding our r & d...
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thank you for joining us, keeping an eye on tomorrow's trading. but for today, at least, an interruption in our obsession with the fiscal cliff negotiations. today was all about the fed. a rally was up 80 points on the dow at one time until midday when bernanke had his news conference and took all the wind out of the sales. down three points at 13,245. that does it for "the closing bell." >> "fast money" starts right now and i do believe maria is back tomorrow. >> she will be. see you tomorrow. >>> traders get what they wanted. >> if unemployment never goes below 6.5% again, we're going to have a quarter percent forever. >> so, now it's a race to see who can buy more lumber futures for printing currency between the japanese and the americans. >> but chairman bernanke is a buzz kill for stocks today. >> the asset purchases are a less well understood tool. we have -- we'll be learning over time about how every cautious they are, about what costs they may carry with them in terms of untended consequences. >> and we're back to worrying about a thelma
thank you for joining us, keeping an eye on tomorrow's trading. but for today, at least, an interruption in our obsession with the fiscal cliff negotiations. today was all about the fed. a rally was up 80 points on the dow at one time until midday when bernanke had his news conference and took all the wind out of the sales. down three points at 13,245. that does it for "the closing bell." >> "fast money" starts right now and i do believe maria is back tomorrow....
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let us stand the post office up. let us view it as a vital system. there are individuals who depend upon this massive postal system. it can be made efficient. it can be made better. we can protect the workers. do we want to give a christmas gift to hardworking postal workers who as they are known to go through rain or snow or sleet and give them a pink slip for no fault of their own? this is not the american way. we create jobs. we don't destroy jobs. it's time for us to stand up and be heard before the deadline that our postal workers who are always there, who are the ones that find the elderly and the sick in their homes, because they know their route and they find those persons if they are in need, they are the good news people that come by to seniors and come by to disabled and come by to poor families. i want to see that we can work together, bring our postal workers here to make a difference and to reform the postal system to keep it alive. it is a vital source of work, but it is a vital service to the american people. with that, mr. speaker, i
let us stand the post office up. let us view it as a vital system. there are individuals who depend upon this massive postal system. it can be made efficient. it can be made better. we can protect the workers. do we want to give a christmas gift to hardworking postal workers who as they are known to go through rain or snow or sleet and give them a pink slip for no fault of their own? this is not the american way. we create jobs. we don't destroy jobs. it's time for us to stand up and be heard...
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are telling us the former positions of government troops used to occupy. since the free syrian army moved into this area, government forces have pulled further and closer in to the facility itself. this man was recently captured by the rebels. he says he lead a unit whose job was to patrol part of the armor. positioned on the hilltops. he agreed to be interviewed if we disguised his identity and his voice. he says that soldiers like him were constantly searched. their calls monitored. forbidden from seeing people who entered the main building. they arrived escorted by armed guards concealed from sight. it was even forbidden for us to ask about it. if we did, we were punished, he tells us. they were under orders to shoot to kill anyone who approached, even a civilian within 300 meters. he says that around five months ago regular employees stopped arriving. and what i overheard is that those who were allowed to leave were syrians and those inside were foreigners. we found large quantities of food still being delivered, he says. defectors have previously said
are telling us the former positions of government troops used to occupy. since the free syrian army moved into this area, government forces have pulled further and closer in to the facility itself. this man was recently captured by the rebels. he says he lead a unit whose job was to patrol part of the armor. positioned on the hilltops. he agreed to be interviewed if we disguised his identity and his voice. he says that soldiers like him were constantly searched. their calls monitored. forbidden...
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and anything we say will be and absolutely can be used against us. that is if he comes out in any way, you know, against morsi, he will delegitimize the morsi critics because he'll use it against him and vice versa. we're going to have to, you know, do our best, i think, to build bridges where possible, draw red lines where necessary and try to insulate ourselves from the worst impacts of this crisis. you know, mike, there's a concept in climate change where they speak about we need to manage the unavoidable and avoid the unmanageable. and it's true about the climate, and it's true about the middle east as well. it's one of the reasons i began this column in cairo basically saying, you know, if you look at the mediterranean today up north in europe, you're seeing the european supernational state break apart. and to the south, you're seeing the arab nation state system break apart. these are two great system. and that tells me one thing. we need to get our act together. we need to be as resilient as possible because the whole world is depending on us.
and anything we say will be and absolutely can be used against us. that is if he comes out in any way, you know, against morsi, he will delegitimize the morsi critics because he'll use it against him and vice versa. we're going to have to, you know, do our best, i think, to build bridges where possible, draw red lines where necessary and try to insulate ourselves from the worst impacts of this crisis. you know, mike, there's a concept in climate change where they speak about we need to manage...
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and now, the lord looked down upon us and has given us another chance. let's use it. that chance is unbelievable. exxon, the united states, everyone says by 2025, we're going to be energy self-sufficient in coal -- i mean, oil and natural gas. that will make america more competitive. it will reduce the geopolitical pressure. reduce the deficit. the experts tell me that you can -- that fracking can be just -- it's been done, by the way, i'm told, for 30 years. it can be done safely and rationally. some of the deep wells in the gulf, and it's certainly safer than sending hundreds of thousands of kids overseas to fight wars. so this could be -- it's safer than what? like that oil pipeline would have been safe in the alternative. we need to have rational policy and do what's right for america. it can be done cleanly. >> would you prefer a carbon tax? >> i would be for eventually over time have a rational increase in something like a carbon tax, yes. >> what would that look like? >> by the way, we may not need it anymore. i don't want to get into policy like that. it's far
and now, the lord looked down upon us and has given us another chance. let's use it. that chance is unbelievable. exxon, the united states, everyone says by 2025, we're going to be energy self-sufficient in coal -- i mean, oil and natural gas. that will make america more competitive. it will reduce the geopolitical pressure. reduce the deficit. the experts tell me that you can -- that fracking can be just -- it's been done, by the way, i'm told, for 30 years. it can be done safely and...
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it should be us. and i want to thank all these young people and their parents for coming out today and now we're going to hear from representative tom reed from new york. >> thank you, virginia. well, thank you very much. i'm tom reed from new york and i thank these young men and women that are with us today. ladies and gentlemen, i hear what the president and the democrats are saying. their solution is increase taxes to solve this problem. and only increased taxes on the top 2% or the wealthier segment of our society. now, one, i was one of the early-on republicans who said, i will consider revenue if it means we are going to have a serious conversation about solving the crisis that is now upon us. because put it in mathematics. the increased revenue that the president has championed is $80 billion a year. we have a $1.1 trillion national debt problem every year added to the $16 trillion of total national debt. that math doesn't work. that arithmetic doesn't add up. to put it in perspective, every ba
it should be us. and i want to thank all these young people and their parents for coming out today and now we're going to hear from representative tom reed from new york. >> thank you, virginia. well, thank you very much. i'm tom reed from new york and i thank these young men and women that are with us today. ladies and gentlemen, i hear what the president and the democrats are saying. their solution is increase taxes to solve this problem. and only increased taxes on the top 2% or the...
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china will over take us. that's a -- overtake us. that's a direct result of not investing in your own people and in scientific research. as i have said throughout this discussion tonight, there are many other areas that we can go into. but the bottom line is this, all this talk about debt and deficit , 12 years ago we had a budgetary surplus in this nation of $258 billion. now we have record deficits. that surplus was created because we had the confidence to invest in the american people, to do nation building right here at home. and a strong, prosperous america is the best america in terms of our foreign policy as well. we've become the aspiration for the rest of the world, when america is doing what it ought to be doing, when it doesn't fear its own people, when it seeks not to divide the nation but bring it together. you know, hubert humphrey once said that the greatest foreign policy initiative of the johnson administration was the civil rights act. now, although it was a domestic policy, what he was saying was that when america
china will over take us. that's a -- overtake us. that's a direct result of not investing in your own people and in scientific research. as i have said throughout this discussion tonight, there are many other areas that we can go into. but the bottom line is this, all this talk about debt and deficit , 12 years ago we had a budgetary surplus in this nation of $258 billion. now we have record deficits. that surplus was created because we had the confidence to invest in the american people, to do...
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joining us, managing director. what do you make of inditex. >> i think with the share price performance you've seen for that, up almost 70%, almost nothing would please the market. the results are a league of its own. 7% like -- remember, the business is still majority in spain, italy, portugal, greece, et cetera. over 50% of sales. there 7% like for like. margins rising. it is a special company. >> taking a big -- are they taking a chunk of market share, as well? >> absolutely. i think it goes back to the strengths of its model. i think more than anyone else they listen to the consumer. this is fast fashion taken to the extreme. there's something new in the stores every two weeks. there's a reason to keep going every two weeks. they get feedback from the store managers quickly on what's working, what's not working. go back to the production people, say we need this more, we need less of this. >> the supply chain must be -- where are they making this stuff? how are they able to get it into the store so quick three
joining us, managing director. what do you make of inditex. >> i think with the share price performance you've seen for that, up almost 70%, almost nothing would please the market. the results are a league of its own. 7% like -- remember, the business is still majority in spain, italy, portugal, greece, et cetera. over 50% of sales. there 7% like for like. margins rising. it is a special company. >> taking a big -- are they taking a chunk of market share, as well? >>...
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i'm not used to that theater. i'm used to ceos. i wrote something that i trust ceos more than i do politicians. so people hate ceos, lawyers, who's not hated. i don't know, carmelo anthony, maybe you like him today? >> i think he's all right. i wouldn't drive with him, but otherwise he's good. >> these people come on and there's no give, there's no give, maybe what that really means there's give give give, i think at some face value -- >> there has been give in the last 24 hours. let's get the latest as far as the proposals back and forth at white house. the president and john boehner speaking by telephone on tuesday changing fiscal cliff proposals. reducing new tax revenue from 1.6 to $1.4 trillion over five years. but they're jockeying on who should spell out the specifics on the spending cuts. walmart's ceo mike duke expressed concerns about the fiscal cliff. >> the week before the election, only one-fourth, 25% of our core customers even knew what fiscal cliff meant. okay? one week after the election, it was up to 75%. now thes
i'm not used to that theater. i'm used to ceos. i wrote something that i trust ceos more than i do politicians. so people hate ceos, lawyers, who's not hated. i don't know, carmelo anthony, maybe you like him today? >> i think he's all right. i wouldn't drive with him, but otherwise he's good. >> these people come on and there's no give, there's no give, maybe what that really means there's give give give, i think at some face value -- >> there has been give in the last 24...
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particularly one of us. so this next story is one that we're a little perplexed by. >> you like to eat. i actually like to inhale my food because i eat it so quick. but it's a growing trend that lets people inhale their food in a good way. >> reporter: attention foodies. put down your forks. >> i know that taste. >> reporter: the latest culinary craze doesn't involve food at all. >> for me, it's like going into a steam room. >> reporter: take a whiff. a high tech kitchen gadget that uses ultrasound waves to turn any flavor into a vapor, landing on your taste buds, not your waistline. >> dessert without the calories. >> reporter: the waft is sweeping europe and soon to be on our shores. at juniper kitchen restaurant in ontario, he creates a revolutionary eating experience. show us how it's done. >> since you said you like mint chocolate chips, we're going to do that. so just straight, raw ingredients. mint and cocoa mint, put these together, a little syrup. a little chocolate. we're going to strain all that o
particularly one of us. so this next story is one that we're a little perplexed by. >> you like to eat. i actually like to inhale my food because i eat it so quick. but it's a growing trend that lets people inhale their food in a good way. >> reporter: attention foodies. put down your forks. >> i know that taste. >> reporter: the latest culinary craze doesn't involve food at all. >> for me, it's like going into a steam room. >> reporter: take a whiff. a high...
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i used to drive him into london from much hadham and we'd talk about art. we'd have little conversations about, you know, "did you go to the national gallery today?" "what did you see?" "what did you like?" "why did you like it?" "did you like that better than that?" things like that. play games like that. (narrator) his public persona continued to grow, he was articulate and eager to make the case for his art to a wider audience on bbc television. tell me about this one over here on the left. oh, this is mexican, as well, but of a different culture from the other. and i think a very fine piece. the head, in particular, is what moves me very strongly. i think it has such a presence with it and a kind of almost hypnotic power. and perhaps, in the background, that may have had some connection with the head of the king in the king and queen group of mine, that i made five or six years ago. (narrator) by 1955, moore had been a major sculptor for 25 years. his stature made him the logical choice to create the central figure on the grounds of the unesco headquart
i used to drive him into london from much hadham and we'd talk about art. we'd have little conversations about, you know, "did you go to the national gallery today?" "what did you see?" "what did you like?" "why did you like it?" "did you like that better than that?" things like that. play games like that. (narrator) his public persona continued to grow, he was articulate and eager to make the case for his art to a wider audience on bbc...